The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-09-13

first time in many years, under the re-
form Constitution And yet the howl
is that the reform administration
ought to be driven out to make way
for another period of the mad carnival
of extravaganza!
The published statement that the axe
and fire are fast exterminating the
hemlock, which has hitherto been
abundant in Maine and in the mari
time provinces of Canada, would sug
gest that among the trees profitable
for cultivation in these Islands should
be such as are productive of tannin,
for which extremely heavy draughts
have been made upon the hemlock
forests
The laborious manner in which
FINANCE" in Wednesdays Bulletin,
tries to made out his case against the
Ministry shows that he has taken a
bigger contract than he had bar
gained for. Epitomized, his whole
argument is that the Reformers on
taking Office should have proceeded
to. make bricks without straw. He
displays the legalism of a Pharisee,
the inconsiderateness of a mule, and
the venom of a disappointed PARTISAN.
W. NJ. GIBSON said, in effect, after
the House adjourned one day last ses-
sion. that the Hawaiian Constitution
was well enough with a good King,
but that the time might come when a
bad King should arise, and then there
would be trouble from the absolute
power of the sovereign. The Reform
movement has taken time by the fore
lock and given the country a Consti-
tuition that provides an effective buffer
against the bad monarchs of the
future.
The United States and Great Brit
ain are again showing a good exam
pie to the other nations. They have
agreed upon an international Com
mission to consider the fisheries dis
pute between the United States and
Canada The Right Hon. Joseph
Chamberlain has been appointed
President of the British Commission;
Sir John A. Macdonald, Premier of
Canada, will represent that country;
while President Cleveland will prob
ably name the American Commission.
Yesterdays Adperti8er contained
disgraceful lying attack on Colonel
Ashford, in connection with the Sat
urday night political meeting at the
water front Mr. Hayselden, the
proprietor, sent an apology to the
Colonel and explained that some one
who was entrusted with the "make-
up" of the paper had meanly snug
gled the article into its columns with
out his knowledge. 1t is creditable
to Mr. Hayselden to disown such
cowardly conduct disguised by the
name of journalism.
Mr.. GIBSON has been opening his
mouth in San Francisco, regarding al
legged American designs in the Pa
citic. An official in the State Depart
ment is reported as saying that the
department could not notice Mr.
Gibson's charges or handy words
with him." adding, land if we had
designs in the Pacific, it is not very
likely we should say anything about
it now" The ''old man" will get
into hot water over there, next thing
he knows, if he tries to make himself
important by pretending to diYulge
American foreign policy, as he may
have OWNED it in the Foreign Office
of Hawaii.
A CORRESPONDENT at Kohala clips
the report of an address before the
San Francisco Academy of Sciences,
by DR.. Brooks 0. Baker, on the sub
ject: Life Among the Kanakas:
their Religion and their Theory and
Practice of Medicine" Referring to
the statement of the lecturer that
minister of the Roman Church was
styled e" brandy" by the natives of
these Islands, the correspondent says:
Decidedly off. 'PaIani' or .Falani,'
/. E., French, as the Catholic priests,
and hence their church or form of
religion is commonly known or
spoken of among Hawaiians as
French" DR.. Baker had better come
another "seven years in search of
information"
WALTER u. GIBSON, King Kalakaua's de-
posed Prime Minister, viii locate in Wash
ington He says the present Cabinet is
bound to prove shdft-lived one, and that
the Kings sincere friends will again come
into possession OF their own.
The foregoing. from late Ameri,
can paper, shows that the old adven
tULer Is consumed in his exile with
We. rnings after the heshpots that he
has been driven from. Friends or no
friends of the King, however, or short
or long-lived the present administra
ton. the political conditions of Ha
waii are changed forever. II good
government cannot be maintained
from within, the country will get gov